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DEVICE run USE IN SAVING LIFE AT SEA.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I0, 1919.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- GEORGE SALAMAN, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

DEVICE FOR UsE IN SAVING LIFE AT SEA.

To all whom'z't may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE SALAMAN, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, late of N o. 4 Circus street, ,Marylebone Road, London,England, now residing at No. 1.

Victoria avenue, Bishopsgate, in the city and county of London, England,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating toDevices for Use in Saving'Life at- Sea, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to devices for use in saving life at seatand its main object is to provide means for preserving the kit orclothing of or for the persons using the devices so that after rescuethe persons saved have at hand proper clothing for wear and at the sametime to provide means for the said purpose which shall be more re liableand economical'than those heretofore known. The said invention istherefore mainly and particularly applicable for use by members of HisMajestys forces on the sea.

According to the said invention there is provided a bag, container or'inclosure the ody of which is of flexible waterproof material and maybe charged with kit or clothing with or without food, furnished withprovisions by means of which it may be opened and closed for placing thekit or clothing within it and removing the same.

' There may also be provided means for applying the device in properposition to the body of the user. The said inclosure when so filled andclosed in a watertight manner is buoyant and therefore constitutes alife buoy, and acts similarly to an ordinary life buoy, while at thesame time the kit or clothing of the person using the device 1spreserved for use after rescue. The said invention also consists inconstructing an in closure'as hereinbefore described in a tubular formwith means for connecting the ends together so that after the clothinghas been placed within it, and the ends so secured, it is in suitableform for encircling the body. The said invention further consists incertain' other features hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that the said invention may be clearly understood and readilyused in prac- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 25,1919.

Application filed rebruar o, 1919. Serial No. 276,048.

tice, it is hereinafter described with reference to theaccompanying'drawings, which illustrate a convenient said invention.

Figure l of the said drawings is a view of the device when ready for useshowing that side which is uppermost when on the body.

v 'Fig. 2 isa'view of the device when on the body looking toward thefront.

Fig. 3 is a view of the device when on the body looking at one sidethereof.

Fig. l is a fragmentary sectional view of the part of the device wherethe ends of the inclosure are detachably secured together and [showingthem so secured.

Fig. 5 is a view looking from above, of one of the fastening devices, byuse ofwhich th ends of the inclosure are detachably: se cured'together.I

Figs. 1, 2 and 3 are somewhat diagrammatic and Figs. 4c and 5 are drawnto a larger scale than Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

In the following description the parts of i the said drawings arereferred to by the letters and numerals marked thereon, the same lettersand numerals indicating the same parts in all the said figures.

a is the inclosure which is of tubular form constituting a receptacle ofsufficient size to contain the kit or clothing of the person for whichthe device is designed and when so filled andits ends connected togetherof suflicient size to encircle the body justbelow the arms, preferablywith a free space between the inner part of the device and the body. Theinclosure is made of waterproof, or waterproofed, fabric and preferablyof two layers of fine canvas secured together face to face by a solutionof india-rubber between them. In some cases where it is desirable thatthe outer layer of canvas shall be rendered non-absorbent, its outerface may be rendered waterproof by application thereto of asuitablewaterproofing material. The two ends of the tubular inclosure a areprovided respectively with metal collars a and a in order that'the saidends may be detachably secured to gether in a convenient manner. lars aand a? are of suitable metal such as brass, and are providediwithdevices by embodiment of the These colwhich they may be readily securedtogether face toface, or released one from the other. The said fasteningdevices consist of studsb, b on the collar (1 'and'toggle levers andlinks 7), 12 mounted on the other collara There are preferably three ofthe said fas- To .the toggle levers, links 12 are pivoted,

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body of the tubular inclosure a is constiwhichlinks-are provided attheirouter ends with openings by which the said ends maybe passed over thestuds 6, which studs are re; cessed on their far side. When the togglelevers b are turned up asindicated in broken linesin Fig. 4, the ends ofthe links 72 may be readily passed over the studs '6 and when the saidtoggle levers are turned down, the links'b are drawn to bear tightlyagainst the recessed parts ofthe studs 1) thus drawing the two collarstogether. The end of the tubular .inclosure a to which the collar. a issecured is permanently sealed by a, metal diaphragm a secured within.the The other end of the tubular collar a inclosure a is that throughwhich it is filled with the kit or clothing and is provided with. aflexible tubular appendage a? of waterproof material the mouth of whichmay be closed by a rubber ring a passed over .thefree end of the saidappendage. In order that the mouth of the said appendage may be tightlyclosed in practically a watertight manner, the india-rubber ring a mayconveniently be doubled over the mouth of the saidappendage as shown inFig. 4, and in order that the said ring may not be misplaced when not inuse it may be conveniently connected by a tape to the inner end party ofthe said appendage a As the appendage ais of waterproof material and maybe readily closed in practically a watertight manner, it is notessential that the junction between the collars a, and a? should beabsolutely water-tight, although it is preferable that it should be, inorder to avoiddecreasing the buoyancy of the de vice by entry of waterthrough the said j unction. A resilient packing ring 0 is thereforepreferably provided as shown in Fig. 4 in an annular recess in thecollar a against which ring an annular projection or rib on the collarabears with some pressure when the toggle lever fastening devices are inop- The flexible fabric of which the tuted isconnected tothe collars atand a by providing the said collars with annular extensions somewhatthinner than, the" parts of the collars abutting against each other, andthin metal rings d, d. ITherespective' ends of thefiexible body of theinclosure a are placed Within the extensions of the collars a,a, and therings (Z, cl are then placed rollers as is well known for such purposes.'In-the case of the collar a the appendage a issecured in place by itsinnerend be ing turned aroundfand disposed against the inner side ofthe'endof flexible material of which the body of the inclosure a is madebefore insertion of the ring 03 so that when the ring and extension areforced together within the ends of the flexible material and andcorrugated, boththe end part of the said flexible material and theinnerend part of theappendage (a are gripped-together'in' practically awater-tight manner between the said extension andring. When the deviceis in use it is convenient that the ends of theinclosure a securedtogether by the rings a, a and the fastening devices "carried by them,should be between the arm of the user" of the device and the frontpartof his body, as indicated inFig. 1. The device is applied to orsupported onthe person by means of the flexible. part having an opening6 which may be passed over the head'so that the portionson each side ofthe said open-. 1ng rest upon the shoulders. This part '6.

may be conveniently made of strong textile material such as canvaspreferably rendered waterproof inorder to avoid absorption of water byit, and it is convenientlysecured to th tubular inclosure aby aportionof the part 6 being turned and secured around the said inclosureat the part which in. use will be at the back 'of the user. At thefront, the said part 6 is provided with a number, say three, of springsnap hooks f, f which may be engagedwith metal loops .on a part 9secured around that part of the tubular inclosure a which will beat thefront of the person when in use. By means of the said spring snap hookstherefore the tubular:

inclosure a; when its ends are connectedtogether, may be Very readilydisposed in I I proper position on the body, although the} said hooksare not essential, and the front portion of the. part 6 maybe'permanently' secured to that portion of the tubular in-l closure atwhich will be at the front when in use, as the inner'diameterof thesaidytu bular inclosure a When its ends are connected together 1susually such that it may be passed 'over the shoulders and arms and thearms withdrawn therefrom and disposed on the outer side thereof, so thatthe device shall be around the" body just beneath the arms, which is thepreferable position, as indicated in Fig. 2. The device is provided witha strap h of some little length with a spring snap hookh atits free end,by which the user of the device may secure himself to the device maydesire to connect himself.

aaaaeas another person in=the water, or ;to-;any body 0r article in' theWater towhich the user of In order to facilitate the use inthis mannerof the said strap J1, and :hook it another strap '2' is provided with aring 2" at its free end.' I .The said; straps h and 2' are secured tothe rear of the part c and are used in conjunction by bringing the strapi around the body to the front and then threading the strap it throughthe said ring 5 and pulling it taut as indicated in Fig. 2, whereby thedevice is firmly anchored on the body, so that any pull on the free partof the strap it will not displace it. Two persons connected together bythe hooks and straps it, 71, may support a third almost helpless personon the said straps. When the device is not in use, the collars a a aredisconnected and the tubular container a may be straightened out wherebythe device may be stowed with the said container in a collapsedcondition and folded up. When it is expected that the device may have tobe used, the tubular container a is filled through the appendage a themouth of which is opened for the purpose, with the kit or clothing orfood that the proposed user thinks it desirable'to preserve, it beingunderstood that it is preferable that so much kit or clothing with orwithout food be inserted in the tubular inclosure a as will fill it fromend to end.

The mouth of the appendage a is then closed and the collars a and abrought together and the fastening devices carried by them manipulatedso as to hold the said collars securely together. The part e is thenpassed over the head and the device dis posed around the body just belowthe arms and the hooks f, f engaged with the part 9 so as to support thedevic in position.

The sealed end ofthe tubular inclosure a may conveniently be utilized toform a reservoir for drinking water for use by the person using thedevice, as illustrated in the drawings. This reservoir is formed bysecuring a diaphragm y at the inner end of the ring d within the collara and providing an outlet between the diaphragms a at the lower part ofthe said collar a. The said outlet is provided with a cock is and arubber tube 70' with mouthpiece. At the upper part of the collar a asmall cock Z is provided for inlet of air when water is being withdrawnfrom the'reservoir and a filling nozzle provided with a screw closingcap m is also provided at the upper part of the said collar a What Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. Adevice for use in saving life at sea consisting essentially of a tubularbag or container the body of which is of flexible waterproof materialand may be charged with kit or clothing with or without food,

furnished with provisions by means of which it may be opened and closedfor placing the kit orclothing within it and removing the same andhaving means for se curing its two ends together to form an encirclingelement to surround the body of the user.

3. A device for use in saving life at sea consisting essentially of aninclosure the body of which is of flexible waterproof material and maybe charged with kit or clothing with or without food, furnished withprovisions by means of which it may be opened and closed for placing thekit or clothing within it and removing the same and with provisions forapplying the device in proper position to the body of the user, and witha strap or the like with a hook or the like at its free end by which theuser'of the device may be secured to another person.

4. A device for use in saving life at sea consisting essentially of atubular bag or containerthe body of which is of flexible waterproofmaterial and may be charged with kit or clothing with or without food,furnished with provisions by means or which it may be opened and closedfor placing the kit or clothing within it and removcontainer the body ofwhich is of flexible Waterproof material and may be charged with kit orclothing with or without food, furnished with provisions by means ofwhich it may be opened and closed for placing the kit or clothing withinit and removing the same and having means for. securing its two endstogether to form an encircling element to surround the body of the userone end of the said container being sealed and formed into a drinkingwater reservoir.

6. A device for use in saving life at sea consisting essentially of atubular bag or container the body of which is of flexible waterproofmaterial and may be charged f 1 1rn'i shed v vith pievisionehy 'mezilis6f of theu'ser and fretting bn the shpiildefto which it may be openedand closed for placsupport the said-bag 01f container the 'said ing thekit or clothing Within it and remov attachment having means 7 fordetachably' '10 ing the same and havingmeans for sec ur connecting itat"the front of-l-the user to ing its two ends together to form an encir-'the'portionof the bag or co ntainer at that cling'elementtosulroundthebody of theuser pfirtfl and an attachment fer passing over thehead

